GroundedSailor
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Originally posted by: Rainsford
That's because, to expand on the example offered earlier in the thread, most of the commentary goes far beyond expressing a desire to not vote for Obama.
Anti-Obama Guy: I refuse to vote for Obama because he's black.
Pro-Obama Guy: Uh, dude, that's kind of racist.
Anti-Obama Guy: So you're saying everyone who doesn't vote for Obama is a racist?
Of course it's a little more involved than that, but not much more. The problem is that much of the anti-Obama rhetoric (including the OP in this very thread, I might add) is extremely nasty, even for election year politics, and frequently attacks Obama supporters as delusional scumbags. Which is fine, I guess, if that's your idea of high minded political debate. But to pretend shock and outrage when Obama supporters don't react too kindly to those attacks is just retarded.
A slightly more intelligent version of the fake outrage is the Sean Hannity/Bill O'Reilly method of complaining about things they "aren't allowed to talk about" with Obama, which amounts to nasty things they've said to which other people have responded. The fact that EVERY election basically consists of that seems lost on them, or more likely they are deliberately ignoring it because it makes a better story.
In other words, the "indignation" over how Obama supporters respond to these attacks would be more interesting if it wasn't so coated in crap. Nobody cares, the OP isn't REALLY looking for an answer, and YOU don't really think every anti-Obama person is being accused of racism. It's a good attack method that's been well pushed by the talking heads of the right, and people copy it because they honestly can't remember the last time they had an original thought about politics. Heaven forbid that conservatives THINK about whether or not Obama's middle name is an issue, just flog it until pro-Obama people hit back and then be sure to whine about it a lot.
Come on guys...intelligent and original commentary turns an election from a teeth grindingly retarded waste of time into a real debate. At the very least you could pick ONE of those things and give it a shot.
Peoples reaction to politics tends to come from an emotional level and you're asking for an intellectual response.
Good luck!
